The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication "You must read this book." - Neil Gaiman Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerfu...

CARTOONING UKRAINE is a sad sequel to CARTOONING SYRIA which featured Syrian Cartoons.

Syrian cartoonist Mwafaq Katt characterizes the qualities of a cartoonist: 'by drawing a few simple lines, you can summarise a certain case, mock a situation or expose lies.'

The cartoons of these Ukrainian artists are not just simple lines, they are the professional artistic expression of their anger and grief about the catastrophe of this cruel and unnecessary war. And they see their cartoons as a way of ...

Cartooning Syria, herziene (en uitgebreide) druk (Engelstalig).

Vorige editie: voorjaar 2016, uitverkocht.

In 'Cartooning Syria' tonen 39 Syrische en een aantal bekende Nederlandse, Vlaamse, Noorse en Duitse tekenaars de mensonterende situatie in Syrië in beeld. Dat doen ze op karikaturale, cynische, en soms humoristische wijze. Naast 152 cartoons van Syrische cartoonisten (van wie een aantal nog woonachtig in Syrië) staat er in Cartooning Syria ook werk van de Nederlandse cartoonisten Joep...

Syrian political cartoons were for a long time a contradiction in terms, because freedom of expression in Syria has been controlled by the Ba'ath Party since the coup d'état in 1963. Nowadays it's a tragic reality that, after more than fifty years and after the uprising of 2011, for Syrian cartoonists freedom of expression is possible only in exile. Almost all cartoonists have had to flee Syria, like so many of their compatriots.

Political and editorial cartoons offer a running critique or l...